Get the complete official story of Boys' & Girls' Champs in Jamaica. Discover the athletic beginnings of Wint, McKenley, Miller, Quarrie, Ottey, Cameron, Walker, Campbell, Fraser - and, of course, Bolt! Hardcover, 400 pp... More info.
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AVAILABLE GREAT HOUSE TITLES:
CHAMPS 100: A CENTURY OF JAMAICAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS, 1910-2010 (USD$49.95)
‘Champs’ is the world’s oldest and most intensely-contested athletics meet of its kind, and Champs 100 was published in time to celebrate the first hundred years of organized mainstream high school athletics in Jamaica. The book... Read More
REAPER OF SOULS: A NOVEL OF THE 1957 KENDAL CRASH (USD$15.95)
On a late summer evening in 1957, a Jamaican excursion train left Montego Bay for Kingston and met disaster halfway there. Dangerously overcrowded, the coaches had rushed towards Jamaica’s central plains on the return trip to the capital. Just... Read More
WHO AM I: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BEENIE MAN (USD$15.95)
Bob Marley is the king of reggae, but the undisputed king of reggae’s modern dancehall is Beenie Man. As a pure phenomenon, Beenie Man is the genre’s most prolific all-time hit-maker, and a highly controversial Grammy-winning... Read More
THE STORY OF PORTMORE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF JAMAICA’S SUNSHINE CITY (USD$39.95)
Many Jamaicans think of Portmore as a vast region of mostly flat and saline land south of Ferry, dominated by housing schemes. True, the area did steadily evolve from semi-wilderness, forest, swamp and wild-game habitat into a housing colony for... Read More
DAYLIGHT COME (USD$14.95)
It’s 1942. One Summer Olympics has been cancelled, the next one is also doomed by the war. Jamaican sprinter Pico Campbell must struggle with his unfulfilled ambitions and a powerful longing to leave his small rural village. He lands a job in... Read More
TITLES WE’VE PACKAGED & DESIGNED’:
OFFICIAL VISITOR’S GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
A quick reference guide to nine of the most popular places in the Caribbean. This pocket book was originally published to coincide with the first staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup in the region. Featured are: --An overview of the... Read More
THE JAMAICA RESTAURANT MENU GUIDE
Jamaica’s premier where-and-what-to-eat guide covers the best choices for food, whether the need is for date night, a dessert craving or Chinese takeout. Distributed free to the public, the Menu Guide has by far the most spectacular... Read More
WHAT'S YOUR HI-FI Q?: FROM PRINCE TO PUFF DADDY, 30 YEARS OF BLACK MUSIC TRIVIA (PAPERBACK)
Do you know your HI-FI Q? Which TV star wrote the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye"? Which funk icon produced Eddie Murphy's first hit single? Can you name the first song that Puff Daddy used as a sample? Which rapper's real name is Reggie... Read More
150 WAYS TO TELL IF YOU'RE GHETTO (PAPERBACK)
Shawn Wayans (star of the hit prime-time WB Network Television show The Wayans Bros.), Chris Spencer (host of late night talk show Vibe), and Suli McCullough (comedian, actor, writer) bring their lively brand of humor to the page in a book... Read More
